All treat…no trick.

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

Hey friends! Today I’m going to share with you just a little something that I love. Prizeys! (That is what we call them in our family. They are little gifts that someone gives you for no reason.) I love to take little fall treats to our kid’s teachers. Most years I try to take treats around the first day of fall buuuuuut… this year, I took them when they had their Halloween parties. Whatever the occasion it’s a very fun thing to do and it makes someone else feel special. It’s a win/win taking treats for another person. Especially teachers, right? RIGHT! They deserve a treat!

I love to do treats in cello bags. I am also crazy about stamping and making my own tags. I will try to get Christmas treat ideas up and running ahead of time, just in case you need a little inspiration. These that I made for the teachers would work for Thanksgiving too.

So fun and easy. A cute little kitchen towel and a pumpkin from the Dollar Tree.

What a cutie-patootie little pilgrim. 😉

This was from last year. I love the old fashioned looking Mary Jane candies. I put them out in little bowls around our home in the fall.

Happy Wednesday, Dirt Roadikins! Have a very blessed day!

Half price…very nice.

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Helloooooooooo! I hope that you are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed today. Gotta love that Ozarkian lingo. 😉 I’m just gonna share with you a couple of things that I found on sale (half price) the other day. I love it when they run the fall decor on sale. Usually, you still have time to put it out and then next year when you dig out your autumnal decor…YAY…you have something “new” in your stash.

I picked up these pieces at a wonderful little store called the At Home Market. It’s one of those places that are just my style. Not too fru-fru but not too….blah. 😉 You know what I mean, right? I thought so. I reallllllllllllllllllly love it when their things are half price. That is da bomb diggity fo sho! (I don’t know….I have no excuse for that lingo.) Anyway friends…I hope that you enjoy looking at my new, little, sa-weet, half price bargains! Oh yeah…and there is a shot of my fall banner…just cause I love it.

I have wanted one of these twiggy pumpkins for a while. Half price? Even better.

This little guy had my heart from the moment I saw him.

I plan to make one that says “Merry Christmas” too.

Happy Tuesday, Dirt Roaders. Now….go forth to the half price sales!

Variety is the spice of life…..

29 Monday Oct 2012

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Hello my friends. I have missed you! I do have to say that I have had a wonderful few days off. God is good…to give us times like these. So…today…spices! I love them. Do you love them? To me, they make things that are “ho-hum” suddenly become “oh…YUM!”.

Probably about a year or so ago my MIL and I were out hitting a few yard sales. (That is what they call them in our neck of the woods.) We went to this little sale that really didn’t have just tons of stuff. Then I saw this heavenly light shining over these old spice jars. They were whispering my name…and I was transported over to their table. Okay…that didn’t really happen…but a true junker knows…that the thrill of finding “a find” can somehow make you feel this amazing, drug-induced like, feeling. 😉 Okay…I’m throwing in all of this drama FREE! So…back to the little spice jars. I think that they had some kind of gold lettering on them. But in my mind….I could see their potential for this decade. So…I nabbed them.

Okay…so now I get them home. Do you ever do this and then think…”Why, oh why, did I buy these?” I think that I did that very thing. I think that they sat in their little wooden shelf for a while. THEN…one day…I was looking on a website and I found these little labels that you could print off. I then knew exactly how I was going to usher these little jars into the modern world of decor. PLUS…the labels were turquoise! How great is that? It was awesome! If you are interested in them…check it out on the Martha Stewart site. 😉

Happy Monday, Dirt Roaders!

Give your spice jars a new life.

The joy found in a butter dish…

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Hi! I’m so excited to share with you today, a new treasure that a friend gave me. Matter of fact, when she gave it to me I said, “I can’t wait to blog about this.” I think that she told me that she gave around fifty cents for this little butter dish at a garage sale. How fun is that? Some of my most favorite little “treasures” have been less than a dollar. This little sweetie has been bumped up to the very top of my favorites list! I hope that you enjoy looking at it as much as I do.

Pretty little treasure.

You didn’t think that I wouldn’t put putka pods in it….right? 😉

Simple beauty.

This pumpkin is another favorite. Along with the little bowl. What a wonderful vingette…favorite things.

Pretty junk. Be still my heart.

Happy Wednesday, Dirt Road friends. Go find yourself a thrifty treasure! Or buy one for someone else…and make their day. 😉

p.s. I’m going to be out-of-pocket for a day or three. See you when I get back!

Please don’t turnip your nose at me!

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Ha..ha! Okay. So the title was a tad on the cheeze-ola side. I’m sorry. Kinda. 😉 Seriously though…aren’t turnips pretty? I think that they are lovely. (Is that my word lately or what?) They are actually a great source of Vitamin C, they are purple and pretty and yummy and humble and very likable, if you like them. Not everyone does. I have found this out over the years. Some people think that they are grand. Other people think that they are disgusting. I think that they are delish. I even put some in our chicken soup yesterday.

Whether you like turnips or not, I hope that you enjoy this picture. Turnips are something that you might not find along the dirt road, but if you take a dirt road… it could lead you to some.

Happy Tuesday, Dirt Roaders. Now, throw some turnips in a pot with a little water, bacon grease and red pepper flakes. Cook until tender. YUM!

Cookbooks Galore!

22 Monday Oct 2012

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Hey Friends! It’s been awhile. We had the day off on Friday. It was WON-DER-FUL! We all need that once in while. I hope that your weekend was lovely. Lovely is good. 😉

Soooooo….. cookbooks. Don’t we all love them? I know that I do. It’s really hard to pass one up at times. Of course with Pinterest at our fingertips…I don’t buy quite as many. That said, I still have P-L-E-N-T-Y. Those are things that you don’t really like to get rid of.

Enter: The cabinet dedicated to holding my cookbooks.

A very handy place for my cookbooks. (Notice all of the high priority recipes taped on the door.)

This is great. Now, that being said, I know that not everyone has the cabinet space to do this. I actually could use this for something else, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it for my cookbooks. You know, it would also be really cute to have some kind of cupboard or cabinet to hold them. Kinda like the little metal one that I found for ten dollars that holds my Scentsy wax. (That is another story…for another day.)

Happy Monday, Dirt Road friends. Hopefully you are inspired to organize your recipes. That is a fun, rainy day project that we could all add to our lists. I hope that you have an amazing day….from our road to yours.

Are we OrGaNiZeD yet?

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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There you are! How are you? I hope that all is well in your neck of the woods. Today, I thought that I would circle back to a little organization. I’m going to show you some shots of some things that help me stay on track a little better in the kitchen. (Notice that I said “a little.”)

I thought that this was the neatest idea for cupcake liners. I think that I may have seen this on Pinterest. I’ve always had trouble with them staying stacked in those plastic containers. Not anymore.

A tad of cornstarch.

The pint- sized, big- mouthed jars are my favorite for things that you measure when baking. 🙂

I love being able to see what and exactly how much of what I have. This is very helpful when preparing to bake or cook. Organized cooking just works better…for me.

I am sure that you have figured out that I’m crazy about storing things it jars. These oats were too pretty to not share. 🙂

I would love to hear some ideas that help YOU stay organized. Don’t be shy. I know that sometimes it’s a little scary, throwing your ideas out there for everyone to see. Just think of it this way…you might inspire someone. Someone like ME!

Happy Thursday, my sweet Dirt Roaders! Run out and buy some jars! 😉

This little light of mine…..

17 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Happy Wednesday! Are you ready to talk lighting again? I am. 😉 I’m always game for that.

Here lately…um…I have been thinking toward Christmas decor. I know…I know. I am death on celebrating Thanksgiving first. I’m still all about that, I just like to think toward the next season and have a plan. That being said, I have been thinking about these lights that we have in our family room. I love, love, love-ity, love them. We purchased them a while after we built our house, replacing the basic lights that we had up. They used to have cream, pleated shades on them. Last year, I stripped them down to naked bulbs and I love them that way. One day I may purchase covers for the plastic bases, but for now they are fine. (I did take the stickers off. ;)) I love the little ledges for decorating. At this point in time I used berry garland.

I especially love these with the new family room color that we have now. It’s called Midwinter Sky.

I’m thinking on trying to find some kind of evergreen or something wintry to add next. (Right now they are nakey-nake.) Maybe something to leave up through the whole winter. Something cozy. I don’t know…when I see it…I will know. That is the way that I roll. I see the thing that I need and it jumps out and slaps me. Then I know to take it home. (Just so you know…that doesn’t really happen. Just in my mind.) But when I find it, I will show it to you. We can then jump up and down together. We can be inspired and run around shouting it out to the world. Okay, we won’t really do that. Just in our minds. 😉

I hope that your day is wonderful, Dirt Roaders. You deserve it.

Let’s get organized!

16 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Well howdy friends! I hope that you are wondermous. That would make me really happy!

Let me ask you a question. Are you organized? Do you long to be organized? Does being organized make you uncomfortable? Does too much organization make your head hurt? I will let you in on a little something. Too little organization makes my head hurt. Not literally…but it does drive me insane. I’m not totally bonkers…like… it has to be picked up the instant that it has been laid down… but it does have to be picked up eventually. Whew-wee…enough of that.

Enter: The awesome little metal shelving that they carry at Wally World.

These give a little farmhouse/industrial/farmer’s market feel. That makes me happy, in the nest fluffin’ department. 😉

Are you guys all about this? I love it. I really love the industrial/farmhouse look that it gives to an area.

I would love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love to hear some of your organizing tips. Your comments make me happy, Dirt Roaders! Happy Tuesday!

Flower Power

15 Monday Oct 2012

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Hello! I hope that your weekend was wonderful. It’s time to start another week. Do you want to hear some good news? There is a weekend at the end of every week. See, all better now, for those of us that have a hard time on Monday.

How bout some love from our yard to “pretty up” your Monday. You can look at them and go “ahhhhhhh……All better.” 😉